Mechanical Engineering

Design Engineer

Gross salary in South Africa is

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80% of people earn:

15K - 39K ZAR

10% earn less lthan 15K ZAR

10% earns more than 39K ZAR

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Salaries in the survey are expressed in gross.

Based on the Paylab.com salary survey, 80% of people on the Design Engineer position in the South Africa earn between 14,803 ZAR and 39,093 ZAR monthly gross.

10% of employees earn less than 14,803 ZAR and 10% of people earn more than 39,093 ZAR.

The survey is based on data from employees, cleaned of extreme and duplicate values.

Description of job position

Designing new products and devices. Choosing materials for their production, often also defining the technology of their production.
Completing construction documentation for the production - drawings, 3d data.
Looking up suppliers of the parts that are to be purchased, dealing with sales representatives of the suppliers, defining parameters of the purchased semi-finished products or finished products. Often also negotiating the price.
Checking the completeness of the supplied parts, compliance with the documentation, quality.
Supervising the assembly of devices that were designed by him and taking part in putting them into operation. Often in this phase he makes minor modifications and improvements. He determines the range and intervals of maintenance.

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Position Design Engineer - Mechanical Engineering in the labour market

In the salary ranking,
the job position takes

373. place

Women representation in position

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Average age of respondent by position

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813. place

Receptionist

Administration

7,936 - 16,297 ZAR

374. place

Aircraft Technician

Transport, Haulage, Logistics

16,239 - 37,144 ZAR

373. place

Design Engineer

Mechanical Engineering

14,803 - 39,093 ZAR

372. place

Maritime Transport Organiser

Transport, Haulage, Logistics

1. place

IT Architect

Information Technology

36,302 - 168,377 ZAR

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